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• Blog / How to MIT

  You oughta know Answers to many, many questions.

  

  concrete roadmap for the next four years -- I basically re-made my class plan ... to pick classes. Questions about dorms On my marathon tour of Mac ... outdoorsy -- certainly my entry isn't. There's really quite a bit of variation

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  WTHBBQ! Chinese Buffet! Spring 2008 courses, with a really bad analogy, haha. (super long post o___o)

  

  ; Often (and my roommates have heard me use this analogy countless times), I ... major in Course 8 - I'll leave it to my roommate, Zach. (he finishes the 8 ... reason why it took so long was because the orgo reactions on my 5.111 pset

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 11, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  What’s happening to your apps right now? Views from the Inside

  reading about your passions and achievements. I polled my colleagues about ... music I listen to). What're you eating/drinking? I have to start my ... have a dedicated home office space. I always read in my office so I can

  • by DJ Rock
  • February 2, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  “Take care of yourself.” "Can you post something positive please?" - my mom

  

  note="My roommate can attest to my numerous skincare products that sit ... world~. Whether they voiced it or not, I knew my family was really worried about my decision to go to MIT. Of course they were proud of me, as

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 19, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  22 Hiatus Adventures stories from my time away and my first semester back!

  

  returned from my gap year last September. I knew I’d changed a lot over my gap year, but my transition back into being an MIT student both ... my blog where I left off — the version of me typing up this blog post

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 2, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Maiden Voyages First years, welcome to MIT

  

  (my roommate would arrive in about a week). I gave up when I got onto ... boxes in Saran Wrap. Inside the boxes, I carefully loaded all of my clothes, my bedding, my shoes, the books I'd yet to read, my crochet hooks

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • August 15, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Womanhood

  

  to my identity as a woman. There’s a common theme here, though; it ... , but my general impression is that growing up is just the process of ... , however regrettable that may be.   1     My Existence is Performative

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • October 28, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Wisdom of Khan revealed the MIT secret

  

  of my roommates when I was two years out of college, who had formerly ... honor to be here at MIT. Not only did I spend some of the best years of my life here, but it has proven to continue to define my life in countless

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 8, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I’m a Muslim Woman and… on this #MuslimWomensDay, meet some p cool ppl

  

  , but more because of how much it makes my roommate laugh whenever I try ... away from my dorm? Do I talk about the halal food that’s served in Mc ... in my hijab? When I found out about Muslim Women’s Day, I immediately

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 27, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Senior Spring a little life update

  

  weeks: My roommates have a dog, and she is perfect, and I pet her all ... Finally, finally, I’m in my last semester of undergrad. I need three ... school. All my classes are remote, and I don’t have campus access, so I can

  • by Alex M. '21
  • February 23, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  Let me introduce myself. Alternatively titled: Whomst'd've?

  

  ?[/annotation] My roommate, Mariia, once told me that she can't complete any of her ... My name is Camille (Cami) Mejia. I am a lover of music, dogs, baking ... whatever MIT has to throw at me. That last paragraph is supposedly my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 5, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  The root of all evil Money, money, money, money... money!

  

  , my family sat down around the kitchen table for a discussion. My dad ... for it... if this is what you really want." My mom was glaring at me in ... State on my full scholarship, she was planning to get a pool in the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 29, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  what i ate in a month* *basically true to my word this time but at what cost

  

  honest review of MIT dining hall food, sponsored by my lovely [annotation ... meal plan YIPPEE unlike the majority of my friends. but also lowkey MIT ... . [/annotation] I’m happy to say that both my [annotation note="one of the new apps

  • by Janet G. '27
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  a walk down memory lane in the form of albums

  

  incredible musical journey throughout my life and I thought I'd try and take you all through that with me. For a brief overview into my different ... this post: Birth to ??? 5th Grade?: Whatever's on the radio/whatever my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 1, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  everything, all at once thoughts on science, ambition, and obsession

  

  a bet. I had been telling him about my research interests and my ... read an article about you in twenty years." That caught my ear, though ... ,[/annotation] if he sees my name show up somewhere. I still don't think I'll go on to

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • August 2, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Before You Arrive On Campus: Packing Edition for the pre-frosh we're excited to meet

  

  . Plan to partition your room evenly if you have a roommate. If you take a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 5, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bruno Recalibration

  

  It was 86 degrees F in Boston on Wednesday! A blooming tree in front of the Senior House dormitory Now, I'm in New Jersey for the wedding of an MIT roommate. Lots of old friends from across the country are

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 22, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  2,024 liked songs spotify is my favorite social media

  

  , Sagittarius moon, Gemini rising,” she said. That checked out. One of my closest friends, August, is a Gemini, and the similarities clicked in my brain ... , social, and a little dreamy and elusive. “Okay, guess my sign,” I said

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 23, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sketches from the Independent Activities Period Yultide Day 1

  

  This week, I am fulfilling my dream of taking over the Admissions ... about all the cheese. Seriously, I bought so much cheese. My favorite was ... Wisconsin State Capitol. My window opened up to the hotel pool, so my sole

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2018
• Blog / Advice

  Taking the L: Part ✌️ My goal was Heaven anyways.

  

  significant impact on my mood. This week has been abnormally warm, up in the ... I did in middle school. I loved lego robotics, and my mom can testify ... processes and code up solutions to some intense problems. It’s honestly my

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 13, 2025